James stewart



@uitrit tette` @anni @frn .JAMES STEWART, O F MO NEY CREEK, MINNESOTILLetters Patent No.-70,284, dated October 29, 1867.

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'TO AALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES STEWART, of Money Creek, in the county ofHouston, .and State'ofM'innesota, have invented a new and improvedFastening for Axe and other Handles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isla full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art"to make and .use'the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- VFigure 1 is an end view of an axe with myimproved fastening.

Figure 2 represents my improved fastening'applied toan axle-helve.Similar letters of reference indicate like par-ts.

`The ob'ect of this invention is to fasten helves or handles in axes iicks, hammers, &c. for the ur ose of- .l 7 P a P P ysecuring them irmlyand permanentlyin the eye thereof, and it consists in attaching ametalplate orstrap on one side or edge of the helve, held in pla-ee by aclip, and7 passing through the eye of an axe or' pick, forms a:screw-bolt, fastened by a nut to a plate over the eye of the axe orpick, ashereinafter morev particularly described. Y l

The letterA represents an ordinary chopping-aire, and B the helve. Ontheinner edge or side of the helve next the blade an iron strap orplate, C, `is fitted on the helve B, and held to 'it by aelip, D,riveted .to it. The plate C is rounded to form a bolt, a, at the upperen d, passing through the eye of the axe withthe helve. A plate, I), islaid over the eye of the axe, and the bolt passes through it, so thatit'serves as a washer for the nut c on the bolt.v A wedge, d, isinserted in the end of the helve, and may either form a part of theplate b or be separate from it. The helve being introduced in the eye ofan axe, for example, the bolt a on the strap or plate C, and the bolt ealso, are drawn up with the helve, and held firmly by the nuts c c overthe washer-plate IJ. This mode of fastening the helve is not only verystrong and durable, but the plate C protects the h'elve of an axe atthat part Where it is usually worn away by service. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The improved fastening for axe-'helves and othertool-handles, consisting of a plate, C, attached by a clip, D, andsecured 'by a bolt, a', to the handle, in combination with the bolt eand the wedge al, constructed and arranged to operate as hereindescribed. f

.JAMES STEWART.

Witnesses WALTER McAnTHUR, CATHARLNE McARTHUn.

